Go on and admit itYou can't take it anymoreSo why don't you quit itYour scratching off againCan't you see itWell the whole thing was such a surprise

I know you and your hear crazy notionsYour pretty girls and no devotionsDown by the ocean middle classDown by the gulf side, you let it all slide

But now your saying that you don'tWanna be a sixteen year old girl, aahBut you don't want to turn twenty-fiveYou never ever, you never ever lied,Where you been, aahhYou got to survive to keep yourself alive,Yeah-ah, yeah

It ain't no big deal if your attitude is wrongAnd you don't know how you feelYou just cop someone else's ideasAnd masturbate yourself, make them your ownWell I, I don't mean to tell you what to doCause I've scratched off myself a time or twoWell it just leaves you blue, with nothing to doAnd they think I'm crazy when I stay up all weekend

But now your saying that you don'tWanna be a sixteen year old girl, oh yeah, aahBut you don't want to turn twenty-fiveYou never ever, you never ever liedWhere you been, aahhYou got to survive to keep yourself aliveYeah-ah, my na na no, yeah

So if I'm walking down the street and you see meDon't walk on by, say hey manYou know your looking, your looking so fineYou don't have to mean it, no noIts just one of the regular lies that we've lived withAnd this is a love song andI'm writing it just to survive